Apr

2012

Google Drive Release Gets Pushed to Next Week

by Stacy Bruce
tagged Google, Google Drive

A couple weeks ago we exclusively broke the news about Google Drive’s release date and that everyone will get 5GB of storage for free. Well, according to our tipster we are on track for the free 5GB of free storage but the release date has been pushed back a week and we should now see [...]

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Apr

2012

Google reports strong 1st quarter earnings for 2012

by Tony Rosario
tagged financial earnings, Google, Google News

With reports lately about Google making significantly less per Android device versus iOS devices and their recent acquisition of Motorola Mobility, it’s good to officially hear that Google is still financially strong and their 1st quarter earnings report for this year is proof of that. Google reported revenue earnings of $10.65 billion for quarter 1 [...]

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Apr

2012

Project Glass For Those With Prescription Glasses

by Ed Caggiani
tagged glasses, Google, hud, Project Glass

Google’s futuristic Project Glass promises a world where augmented reality is commonplace and information is literally right in front of us. The photos we’ve seen of the prototypes show a specialized pair of glasses, which had many people asking how those who already wear prescription glasses could use the device. Well, thanks to Google industrial [...]

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Apr

2012

Larry Page Says Google Focused On Low Cost Tablets

by Ed Caggiani
tagged Google tablet, Larry Page, Nexus tablet

In Google’s earnings call today, CEO Larry Page was asked about the company’s future plans for tablets, and his response just about confirms the rumor that an affordable tablet is coming from Mountain View. This is what he said: “We’re very excited about tablets. Obviously there’s been a lot of success on some lower-price tablets [...]

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Apr

2012

Google+ is now more functional and flexible after major update

by Robert Nazarian
tagged Google

Google+ is now used by over 170 million people, but to take it to the next level, Google is introducing a more “functional and flexible” Google+. Here’s a quick run down of the changes: Navigation No more static icons at the top. Instead there’s a dynamic ribbon of applications to the left. You can drag [...]

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Apr

2012

Google Play Music lab features go live

by Chris Stewart
tagged Google Labs, Google Music, google play music

Google showed further commitment to improving its Google Play Music services today by switching on a few new labs features. Google fans will no doubt be familiar with the companies famous labs projects, labs features are generally experimental options or works in progress that Google allow users to add onto existing products for testing purposes. [...]

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Apr

2012

Android 4.0 Factory Images Officially Available For The Google Nexus S 4G Smartphone

by Roy Alugbue
tagged Android 4.0, AOSP, flashing, Google, ice cream sandwich, Nexus S 4G, soju

Happy days continue for owners of the Google Nexus S 4G smartphone. The much-anticipated Android 4.0 update is officially on its way and now the “soju” factory images are officially available as well, which officially brings Sprint’s version of the Nexus S current with the GSM versions of the device. Android AOSP wunderkind Jean-Baptiste Queru [...]

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Apr

2012

Android Developers Rejoice – A Faster Emulator Is Here [Video]

by Ed Caggiani
tagged Android Development, Android emulator, developers, Emulator, gpu, OpenGL

One of the biggest gripes we hear from Android developers is the poor performance of the emulator. The emulator is basically how devs test their apps while developing on a PC, and until now the emulation was all done in software. Today, Google announced in their developer’s blog that the emulator has gotten a significant [...]

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Apr

2012

Love Thy Enemy: Google makes more money from iOS than Android?

by Robert Nazarian
tagged Google

We all know how much Android has grown. The latest reports show 850,000 devices activated daily and over 50% of the market share, but is it possible that Google makes more money from iOS than Android? The Guardian released what they believe Google made from Android from 2008 to 2011. They made this calculation based on [...]

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Apr

2012

Google CEO Larry Page Gives 2012 Update For Android, Highlights 850,000 Devices Are Being Activated Daily

by Roy Alugbue
tagged Android, cloud, gmail, Google, google docs, Google Play, Larry Page, Motorola Mobility

Google’s head honcho Larry Page took some time recently to give his formal update on all things Google for 2012, including the Android platform. In an unsurprisingly bright outlook, Page expresses his excitement for Android specifically by sharing how the platform is not only on fire, but: “ The pace of mobile innovation has never been [...]

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